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☆ Dodgers beat Yankees to win second World Series of franchise’s new ‘golden era’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Andy Mccullough | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

An eighth-inning rally capped by sacrifice flies by second baseman Gavin Lux and outfielder Mookie Betts put the Dodgers in front. This title, the eighth in franchise history, can stand beside the Dodgers’ trophy from the pandemic-shortened season in 2020. The precedent feels preposterous until you consider the current Dodgers who will one day join them in the Hall of Fame. “Mark,” he told Freeman, “wants to win really bad.” That desire became clear to Ohtani when he met with the Dodgers. After Freeman launched his grand, Gibsonian walkoff in Game 1 against the Yankees, the Dodgers got the job done.

Persons: Walker Buehler, Buehler, Tommy John, Freddie Freeman, Gerrit Cole, Blake Treinen, Gavin Lux, Mookie Betts, Figueroa, Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dave Roberts, Andrew Friedman, ’ ” Friedman, Jackie Robinson, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, Roberts, Friedman, Mark Walter, Frank McCourt, Walter’s, Walter, Stan Kasten, Kasten, ” Kasten, Justin Turner, Joc Pederson, gaffes, Trevor Bauer, groused, Max Scherzer, Jake Cronenworth, Lance Lynn, Eddie Rosario, “ We’ve, ” Roberts, “ That’s, Yamamoto, Freeman, “ Mark, ”, “, Tyler Glasnow, Teoscar Hernández, Ippei Mizuhara, Betts, Glasnow, ’, Max Muncy, “ We’re, ” Muncy, Yu Darvish, Gibsonian, Jack Flaherty, Cole, Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe, Hernández, Alex Vesia, Graterol, Juan Soto, Soto, Giancarlo Stanton lofted, Flaherty, Treinen toiled, Daniel Hudson, Treinen, Jazz Chisholm, Treinen steeled, Stanton, Anthony Rizzo, Volpe, Wells, Alex Verdugo, Elsa, Getty Organizations: New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers, Yankee, homering, Yankees, Dodger, Boys, of Fame, Walter’s Guggenheim Baseball Management, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, National League West, Tampa Bay Rays, American League East, ”, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame, Navy, National League, Arizona Diamondbacks, Athletic, Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres, of Famers, Padres, New, Yankees miscues, Buehler Locations: Brooklyn, Southern California, Cooperstown, West, Arlington , Texas, Los Angeles, “, Arizona, Atlanta, Lux, Treinen

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s voting for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Shania Shelton | Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former Republican governor of California, said Wednesday he will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz,” Schwarzenegger said in a post on X. Following the January 6, 2021, insurrection, Schwarzenegger said Trump would be remembered as the worst president in US history and urged unity among Americans. The feud between the two stretches back to Trump’s first term, after Schwarzenegger took over the former president’s prized show, “The Celebrity Apprentice,” in 2015. Trump mocked the show, titled “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” for low ratings in 2017, and Schwarzenegger responded: “Hey Donald, I have a great idea.

Persons: CNN — Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, “, ” Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, Trump, Schwarzenegger, CNN’s Dana Bash, ”, Bash, Hey Donald, Harris, Walz, ” Buzz Aldrin, Edwin “ Buzz ” Aldrin, Aldrin, Trump’s, Elon, Donald J, CNN’s Sandra Gonzalez Organizations: CNN, Republican, Gov, GOP, Republicans, Trump Administration, Trump, Space Force Locations: California, America, American, Arizona

☆ This company's vision for a smokeless world is driving the transformation of the global tobacco industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Sponsored Reynolds American Inc. | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The global British American Tobacco Group (BAT) is pursuing "A Better TomorrowTM by Building a Smokeless World" — and transforming their business and an entire industry. Reynolds American and BAT believe tobacco harm reduction (THR) could be one of the most significant advancements in public health. Reynolds American and BAT have created dynamic work environments and inclusive cultures, which have earned both organizations many external accolades. Sustainability is at the heart of the Reynolds American organization's transformation and is directly linked to its goals around THR. Reynolds American and BAT are optimistic that their investments focused on sustainable business transformation will drive positive momentum and progress the Building a Smokeless World mission.

Persons: Reynolds Organizations: American Tobacco Group, US, BAT, Reynolds, Reynolds American, BAT Group, Sustainability, Reynolds American Inc, Insider Studios, Reynolds Tobacco Company, Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Inc, Snuff Company, Company, Modoral Brands Inc Locations: North Carolina, London, Santa Fe

☆ I spent a day in Kamala Harris' Fortnite town. It was full of policy details meant to reach young voters, but was mostly empty.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The map, Freedom Town, USA, focuses on affordable housing and Harris' proposed policies. I spent a day in Freedom Town, USA, building housing, and it was pretty empty. AdvertisementWelcome to Freedom Town, USA, a Fortnite world created by the Harris-Walz campaign. I took a trip to Freedom Town, USA, and spent the day observing and attempting to talk to players. So far, Freedom Town hasn't taken off; according to third party player statistics tracker Fortnite.GG, the Freedom Town map saw an all-time and 24-hour peak of 563 users.

Persons: Harris, Walz, —, Walz's, Gen Zers, would've, unmuted, Lauren Obanion, Obanion Organizations: Freedom Town, Service, Entertainment Software, YouGov, Freedom, New, DC Metro Locations: USA, Freedom Town, New York City, Ohio

☆ Read the letter sent to AWS CEO Matt Garman, signed by 500 employees, protesting his RTO comments
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Jyoti Mann | Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

AWS CEO Matt Garman has been sent a letter from employees protesting his pro-RTO comments. Over 500 employees have signed a letter, sent on Wednesday, urging Garman to reconsider the plans. AdvertisementAmazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman is facing backlash from some employees over his comments about its return-to-office policy, according to an open letter obtained by Business Insider. The policy is stricter than at Amazon's peer companies and, by some accounts, stricter than Amazon's office work policy before the pandemic. The letter has been signed by 523 staff from Amazon and AWS, with 172 of those including their names.

Persons: Matt Garman, Garman, —, Matt doesn't, Elizabeth Rutledge, Garman's, Andy Jassy, Margaret Callahan, we're, Amazon's, Jyoti Mann, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Service, Web, Business, AWS, BI, American Express, Amazon Locations: jyotimann

☆ ‘Halloween comet’ did not survive its flyby of the sun, NASA says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

C/2024 S1 was a sungrazer, a comet that passes within a distance of about 850,000 miles (1,367,942 kilometers) from the sun. “Comets are really hard to predict, and sungrazing comets like this are even harder than most. NASA“Statistically, it’s extremely rare for sungrazing comets to survive (as they fly) past the Sun,” Battams told CNN in an email. A handful of larger sungrazing comets have been observed surviving their close pass by the sun, such as comet C/2011 W3 Lovejoy in 2011. However, any debris from C/2023 Tsuchinshan–ATLAS or C/2024 S1 will not pass near enough to Earth to produce a meteor shower, Cooke said.

Persons: ”, Karl Battams, NASA “, ” Battams, Lovejoy, William Cooke, Battams, Cooke, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, European Space Agency, NASA, Comets, Naval Research Laboratory, Lovejoy, Astronomers Locations: Hawaii, Washington ,, Meteoroid

☆ The stunning maneuvers flown by US Air Force demo pilots showcase dogfighting skills
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

US Air Force demo pilots perform airshow stunts derived from real-world combat training. Air Force demo pilots shared what it's like to wow audiences with skills used on the battlefield. But for Air Force demonstration pilots, these techniques aren't just crowd-pleasers. F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft with the US Air Force Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron fly in close formation. US Air Force photo/Tech.

Persons: —, aren't, Tyler, Clark, Sgt, Patrick Evenson, Lockheed Martin, Jeffrey " Simmer, Downie, there's, Christopher Boitz, Samuel " RaZZ, Larson, " Larson, Greg Mathieson, Mai, Nicholas, Laz, Le, Le Tourneau, Raz, Robert Laberge, that's Organizations: US Air Force, Air Force, Service, Air, Business, Pacific, US Air Force Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron, US Air National Guard, Thunderbirds, Lockheed, Thunderbird, Freedom Sentinel, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Getty Images Air Force, Air Forces, Air National Guard, Guard Locations: Huntington Beach , California, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Middle East, Alaska

☆ Hotels are leaning into their spookier sides to sell ‘rooms with a boo’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Blane Bachelor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Perhaps unsurprisingly, more and more hotels are happy to show off their spookier side as a result. “They ditched the [premise of], ‘Oh, people may be scared,’ and said, ‘Wow, people will come and I can market it, so we’re a haunted hotel,’” said Melchiorri. The inspiration for Stephen King’s novel-turned-film “The Shining,” the 420-room grande dame, whose imposing facade is nearly as dramatic as its Rocky Mountains backdrop, is arguably the world’s most famous haunted hotel. From a messaging and marketing perspective, hotels should share their ghost stories or spooky lore “in a way that they don’t surprise anyone,” Orr said. “My experience is, whether they will admit it or not, most hotels have something that goes bump in the night,” Hunnings said.

Persons: Brian Hunnings, you’re, “, Anthony Melchiorri, ”, Katherine Orr, Elizabeth Harlow, Stephen King's, Helen H, Richardson, ’ earshot, ’, ’ ”, Stephen King’s, Stephen King Suite, –, Steve Azar, Vincent Alban, Hunnings, ” Hunnings, ” Steven Azar, Gifford, Azar, Don’t, ” Azar, Kumar Sriskandan, ” Orr, chambermaid Sallie White, Orr Organizations: CNN, Red Cliffs, CNN Travel, Hotels of America, Hospitality, Hyatt, Marriott, Denver Post, National Retail Federation, Stanley Film Center, Boston Globe, Cliffs, of Film, Western Heritage, “ Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, Alamo Locations: Red, Moab , Utah, Colorado, Estes Park , Colorado, Gifford, Provincetown, Moab, Provincetown , Massachusetts, San Antonio , Texas

HONG KONG — A key piece of a little-told chapter of World War II history almost ended up in a landfill. That diary is now believed to be the only known primary source documenting the involvement of Chinese naval officers in the D-Day landings at Normandy. The 24 British-trained Chinese naval officers were forced to choose between the two sides, with many of them going on to have distinguished careers in the Chinese or Taiwanese militaries. Instead he settled down in Hong Kong, a British colony at the time, where he worked as a merchant seaman until the late 1960s. A page from Lam’s journal on display at the Fringe Club in Hong Kong last month.

Persons: Lam Ping, Chiang Kai, Lam, “, ”, ” Lam, John Mak, Chiang, Mao Zedong’s, Peter Parks, Mak, Angus Hui, crackdowns, Lau Suk Yin, ” Hui, ” Mak Organizations: Pacific, U.S, Royal Naval College, Allied, Fringe Club, Getty Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, Normandy, Indonesia, China, United States, Britain, France, Norwegian, Germany, Japan, Mao Zedong’s Communist, Republic of China, Taiwan, British, Brazil, AFP, Greater China

☆ NASA Astronaut Rates Space Movies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Ian Phillips | David Ibekwe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott watches and rates the realism of how outer space is portrayed in movies. She breaks down what would actually happen if you went outside in space without a helmet as seen in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. She explains the challenges of docking to a space station in "Interstellar," starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, and Matt Damon. Finally, she relates her own experiences in low gravity in "Passengers," starring Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, and Laurence Fishburne. During Nicole Stott's 30-year career at NASA, she worked as an engineer on the space shuttle and International Space Station programs and flew on two space missions.

Persons: Nicole Stott, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Bruce Willis, Liv Tyler, John Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Neil Armstrong, Ryan Gosling, Jennifer Lawrence, Laurence Fishburne, Nicole Stott's Organizations: NASA, Guardians, Astra, Space, Art Foundation

☆ Harris Is Trying to Win Voters by Laying Out the Alternative
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Matthew Cullen | More About Matthew Cullen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

She is expected to cast the former president as an aspiring dictator, a message her campaign believes is breaking through. That argument has become the core of Harris’s pitch to voters, my colleague Erica Green, who has been reporting on the vice president for months, told me. “The Harris campaign is not one that’s driven by policy or even by enthusiasm,” Erica said. From the start, her energetic campaign “highlighted how much of an underwhelming fog Democrats were in under President Biden,” Erica told me. And unlike Hillary Clinton, Harris rarely mentions the fact that she would be the first woman to be president.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, Erica Green, ” Erica, Biden, Hillary Clinton Organizations: White, Capitol, Democratic

☆ The election-betting market has exploded in popularity this presidential cycle
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Betting markets are booming ahead of the US Presidential election. Kalshi has attracted $100M in election bets this month and is the top free finance app in Apple's app store. Robinhood is getting in on the action, announcing its own election betting platform on Monday. Earlier this month, a US federal appeals court cleared Kalshi to open its election betting platform for US citizens. Interactive Brokers also launched a slew of election betting contracts earlier this month following the court decision to allow Kalshi to operate.

Persons: Kalshi, —, we're gunning, Tarek Mansour, it's, Donald Trump, Mansour, TikTok Organizations: Service, Apple, PayPal, CNBC, Interactive, Kalshi

☆ Rocket builder Firefly’s new CEO is working ‘maniacally’ to scale launches, spacecraft and moon missions
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

He sees gaps in the launch market for Firefly's Alpha and coming MLV rockets, which slot into the middle of the small-to-heavy class of vehicles. Firefly has three main product lines: its rockets, Alpha and MLV; space tugs, called Elytra, and lunar landers, known as Blue Ghost. More rocketsThe company's fifth Alpha launch lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in July 2024. A rendering of the MLV rocket. Firefly AerospaceKim sees Firefly as having a key advantage — "an engine that works" — in its Reaver engines that power the Alpha rockets.

Persons: Jason Kim, Firefly Aerospace Jason Kim, he's, Elon Musk's, ULA, Jeff Bezos, Kim, he'd, I'm, … I'm, what's, Firefly's, Trevor Mahlmann, Northrop, Aerospace Kim, Miranda, We've, MLV, Firefly's Alpha, Lockheed Martin, Simone Biles, we're Organizations: Firefly Aerospace, Aerospace, Boeing, Elon, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Firefly's Alpha, CNBC, Firefly, Alpha, California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, Industrial Partners, Vandenberg Space Force, SpaceX, Lockheed, Payload Services, NASA, Blue Locations: U.S, Austin , Texas, California's, California, Northrop's, Briggs , Texas

☆ I taught college-bound seniors for a decade. Here's what many wanted their parents to know about college admissions.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Alexandra Frost | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Most students want their parents to know that they are stressed about paying for college, too. AdvertisementI was a teacher for 10 years, and many high school students would take refuge in my classroom during lunchtime. AdvertisementKids want to choose their major and don't want parents' inputIt's the first question any new college student gets repeatedly: What's your major?" I watched numerous groups of students choose the same college so they wouldn't be separated. All of this can be more easily achieved if parents and college-bound kids are open to having conversations.

Persons: —, Taylor, it's, I'm, aren't, couldn't Organizations: Service Locations: America

☆ Smells Like Teen Spirit: Inside Gen Z's Luxury Perfume Obsession
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Eve Upton-Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

AdvertisementBehind the booming appetite for new smells is Gen Z. AdvertisementIf there's one thing Gen Z loves, it's a name for something. Under the handle @juliaperfumery, she shares perfume reviews for her primarily Gen Z audience against the backdrop of her New York City apartment's perfume closet. "If there's one thing Gen Z loves, it's a name for something," O'Toole says. There are back-to-school scents, scents to win your ex back, scents to smell like Vanessa Paradis in Paris in the '90s — the list goes on.

Persons: Julia Dovgal, douse, mother's Chanel, Dior, Jo Malone's, Wood, Dovgal, She's, Circana, Gen Zers, Gen Xers, It's, Piper Sandler, Valentino, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maison Francis Kurkdjian's, TikTok, Phlur, —, it's, Juliette, Emelia O'Toole, There's, O'Toole, We've, Vanessa Paradis, Piper, Cathrine Jansson, Boyd, " Jansson, Gen Z, Chanel, Marilyn Monroe, Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman, isn't, Gris Charnel, Jansson, Bella, Susan Wai Hnin, Zers Organizations: Saks, Perfume, Anglia Ruskin University, Urban Outfitters, rockstar Locations: Salt, Bath, New York City, TikTok, New York, Paris, London

His loved ones, who witnessed his drug and alcohol abuse for years, were heartbroken by what his mother later described as an unavoidable outcome. His mother spoke about processing her grief and teared up when talking about how powerless one can feel against a loved one’s struggles with addiction. In the months leading up to his death, Perry appeared to have turned a corner with his addiction, relatives said. Now, loved ones switch tenses from past to present to past again as they remember the complicated man who brought them so much joy. It’s a familiar story for the millions of people whose loved ones have addiction disorders and is a guiding principle for the foundation, the family said.

Persons: It’s, Matthew Perry, pickleball, ” Suzanne Perry, “ You’ve, ”, Perry, Chandler Bing, Gen Xers, Keith Morrison, David M, “, ” Keith Morrison, Caitlin Morrison, ” Emily Morrison, ” Caitlin Morrison, Suzanne Perry, ” Suzanne, Caitlin Morrison’s Organizations: NBC, Dateline, Los, Federal, Matthew Perry Foundation Locations: Los Angeles, Savannah Guthrie, Los Angeles County, London

The base GOP voters Trump is most focused on aren’t necessarily the same voters who are key to the coalition Snyder is trying to build. Gretchen Whitmer, and two-seat majorities in both the state House and the state Senate (Democrats also hold a majority on the state Supreme Court). “The only advantage they have is old notions,” Whitmer said last week at her own event to support state House candidates in Oakland County. All the districts he’s targeting “can swing either way,” Snyder said. Rick Snyder is openly trying to get MAGA extremists elected to the state House,” Kubitschek said.

Persons: Rick Snyder, ” Snyder, “, Donald Trump, There’s, Snyder, Kamala Harris, Fred Upton, Trump, Peter Meijer, ”, Tommy Brann, ” Paul Hudson, Hillary Scholten, Meijer, “ I’ve, ” Hudson, Mike Rogers, ’ “, Gretchen Whitmer, Whitmer, —, ” Whitmer, Geoff Robins, Joe Biden, I’ve, ‘, ’ ” Snyder, Ron Robinson, Tom Kuhn, Tommy Kubitschek, Snyder’s, It’s, MAGA, ” Kubitschek, Jennifer Conlin, Ann Organizations: Michigan Gov, GOP, Republicans, Trump, Republican, NBC News, White, Michigan’s Republican U.S, Senate, Democratic, Michigan, Getty, Pepsi, Michigan ”, Council, Brann, Affordable, Democrats, Michigan Democratic Party, ”, Republican Party Locations: WYOMING, Mich, —, Michigan, There’s, Grand, Detroit, Battle, Traverse City, Grand Rapids, ”, Lansing, Oakland County, Flint, AFP, Utica, Troy, Ann Arbor

☆ What These Founders Learned From Trying to Take on Elon Musk's Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

About three weeks after Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, #RIPTwitter started trending. As the bird app's outlook grew more bleak, several alternative conversation platforms hatched: Narwhal, Spoutible, Spill, Post, and Cohost among them. I talked to several founders about what they learned trying to compete with Musk, and the state of civil discussion online. "There's a ton of power in whoever controls" a big social media platform, Thompson says. Spill, a Black-owned social platform, has been downloaded more than half a million times.

Persons: Elon Musk, RIPTwitter, shitposting, Gabor Cselle, Cselle, Meta, Jack Dorsey, Twitter, Musk, Twitters, he's, imminently, Fortune, Noam Bardin, Andreessen Horowitz, Bardin, Laurene Powell Jobs, Nicholas Thompson, Thompson, Narwhal, Trump, Hitler, Alphonzo Terrell, Kerry Washington, Terrell, there's, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Harris, I've, I'm Organizations: Elon, Google, Twitter, Anti Software Software, Politico, Boston Globe, The, Amplica Labs, Democratic, Spill, Phillies

☆ Meet OpenAI’s first chief economist—3 things you may not know about him
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

[alt heds: OpenAI has hired its first chief economist – 3 things to know about him3 things you may not know about OpenAI's new chief economist]While no one knows exactly how artificial intelligence will reshape society, OpenAI plans to analyze the technology's potential economic impact. On Oct. 22, OpenAI named Dr. Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji as its first chief economist. In this role, he will oversee research on a range of AI-related topics, including how AI innovations may impact the global economy and how the workforce can utilize AI tools both now and in the future, according to OpenAI's press release. While this move marks a first for OpenAI, it won't be Chatterji's first high-profile role. Here are three things you may not know about OpenAI's new chief economist.

Persons: OpenAI, –, Aaron, Ronnie, Chatterji, Larry Summers Organizations: U.S . Treasury

☆ Jeff Bezos has just as much at stake in this election as Elon Musk
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The billionaire has been less prominent in the election than Elon Musk — but still has much at stake. Bezos's Blue Origin is working with NASA and the Pentagon as it plays catch-up with Musk's SpaceX. Executives from Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin, including CEO Dave Limp, spoke with Donald Trump on Friday, The Associated Press reported. Like all private space companies, Blue Origin relies heavily on federal contracts and is competing with SpaceX for government and military projects. Blue Origin did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Jeff Bezos's, Elon Musk, —, Jeff Bezos, Dave Limp, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, William Lewis, Bezos, Lewis, Robert Kagan, Michele Norris, Marty Baron, Baron, Elon, Artemis, it's, SpaceX's, Trump Organizations: Washington Post, NASA, Pentagon, Musk's SpaceX, Service, Bezos, Associated Press, New York Times, Trump, SpaceX, Republican, PAC, Business, Bloomberg, White, Twitter, United States Post, United States Postal Service, Web Services, of Defense, Microsoft Locations: Washington, The Texas, Amazon

☆ US-made Abrams and Bradleys built for a Cold War battle with the Soviets are fighting inside Russia, Ukrainian military video shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The American-made Abrams tank and Bradley fighting vehicle were built to fight the Soviets. New footage shared by the Ukrainian military shows them assaulting Russian positions in Kursk. AdvertisementNew combat footage posted by the Ukrainian military on Monday shows American-made tanks and armored fighting vehicles at war inside Russia. 🇺🇸-made Bradley IFV and Abrams tank are performing a combat task in the Kursk region, destroying russian treeline positions. An M1 Abrams tank in service with the Ukrainian military fires its cannon in the Kursk region.

Persons: Abrams, —, Bradley, Sy Organizations: Bradley, Service, Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade, Bushmaster Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Kursk, 🇺🇸-m

☆ F1 championships are increasingly being decided by how teams use new technology
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Chris Hawes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bryn Lennon - Formula 1 | Formula 1 | Getty ImagesDoing this with a digital twin allows teams to develop strategies for different circuits. With 24 races on the schedule and only a handful of days in between, forecasting track performance is critical to ensuring engineers are ready to make any necessary changes. While teams are allowed up to 60 operational staff at the track on race days, each is communicating with analysts back at headquarters. "Everyone there will be looking at their computer and providing feedback to the racetrack engineers with recommendations that can be actioned onto the race car." With the cost-cap limiting budgets to $135 million per year, automating repetitive tasks is crucial to ensuring teams are using their resources efficiently.

Persons: Williams, James Vowles, CNBC's, Dan Keyworth, Red Bull, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton of, Bryn Lennon, Britain's, Ben Waterhouse, Red, there's, Alessio Morgese Organizations: McLaren, CNBC, Mercedes, Oracle Red Bull Racing, of Great Britain, Silverstone Circuit, Engineers, Miami, Getty, Nurphoto Locations: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain, Netherlands, parc ferme, Northampton, England, Monaco, Miami, USA

☆ Election win for Russia-friendly party in Georgia sets the stage for protests and possible violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Citizens and Georgian Dream Party supporters, carrying flags of Georgia and the Georgian Dream Party, attend the Georgian Dream Party's election rally. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesMass protests are expected in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Monday after the ruling, Russia-friendly party Georgian Dream claimed victory in a contentious parliamentary election this weekend. "We do not accept these stolen election results," stated Tina Bokuchava, the leader of Georgia's main opposition party, the United National Movement, at a press briefing late on Saturday. "It was a total fraud, a total taking away of your votes," Zourabichvili told reporters, flanked by Georgian opposition party leaders, in comments reported by Reuters. Supporters of the Georgian Dream party celebrate at the party's headquarters after the announcement of exit poll results in parliamentary elections, in Tbilisi, Georgia October 26, 2024.

Persons: that's, Salome Zurabishvili, Georgia's, Irakli Kobakhidze, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Tina Bokuchava, Vano Shlamov, Bokuchava, Bidzina, Zourabichvili, Timothy Ash, Ash, Ivanishvili, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Irakli Gedenidze, Antony Blinken, Blinken Organizations: Georgian Dream Party, Anadolu, Getty, Georgian, European Union, NATO, United National Movement, National Movement, Afp, Reuters, BlueBay Asset Management, Kremlin's, TASS, Google, OSCE Office, Democratic, Human, European Locations: Georgia, Georgian, Tbilisi, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Union, Russian, EU, Washington, Moscow, Europe, Tbilisi , Georgia, U.S

☆ Wise's billionaire CEO fined £350,000 by UK regulators over failure to report tax issue
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In this article WISE-GB Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTKristo Kaarmann, CEO and co-founder of Wise. Eoin Noonan | Sportsfile | Getty ImagesLONDON — Kristo Käärmann, the billionaire CEO of money transfer firm Wise , was slapped with a £350,000 ($454 million) fine by financial regulators in the U.K for failing to report an issue with his tax filings. "We continue to build a product and a company that will serve our customers and owners for the decades to come," Käärmann added. The chair of Wise, David Wells, said that the company's board of directors "continues to take Wise's regulatory obligations very seriously." In a note Monday, analysts at British investment bank Peel Hunt boosted their expectations for Wise's full-year profit before tax by 15%.

Persons: Kaarmann, Wise, Eoin Noonan, Sportsfile, Käärmann, Taavet Hinrikus, Forbes, Therese Chambers, David Wells, Peel Hunt, Gautam Pillai, Barun Singh Organizations: WISE, Getty, Financial, Authority, FCA, Customs, Peel Locations: Estonian

☆ A Kentucky man was wheeled into surgery to harvest his organs. Weeks later, he left the hospital alive
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jen Christensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

The hospital, Baptist Health in Richmond, Kentucky, and the organ procurement group declined interviews with CNN. At the federal level, the Health Resources and Services Administration, through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, is investigating, as well. She said the hospital told her that another scan showed no brain activity. The coordinator was in tears, Miller said, and the doctor who was supposed to do the organ procurement was upset and left. Miller said that as soon as the staff told TJ they’d take him back to the ICU, he calmed down.

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